Happy Birthday Buffy and Penguin!

 Buffy and Penguin are now 1 year old!

Hard to imagine that the once looked like this:

 

From squeaky balls of fluff we got two roosters that grew up together. For the first few months of their lives, they were inseparable and did everything together. Then at about 7 months, they started fighting over the hens, to the point that we had to separate them permanently :(

Their first meeting together.

Playtime together!

So what did these two gentleman do for their birthdays?

Penguin err..snoozed under the rhubarb...

And Buffy moved into his own new coop and run. Here he is checking out some food inside the coop. Buffy will share his coop with Flopsy, the mature Leghorn, plus all the little chicks that we bought. So he will have 7 in total! Far more than the 3 that Penguin has.

Here is Buffy showing Flopsy the best nest in the world. Buffy spent a good 20 minutes flattening the straw and making a nest. Flopsy on the other hand, seemed rather disinterested...

Some might ask why we keep the roosters. For me, it is hard to get rid of an animal that you have raised since little chick. Even harder when it is your first hatch and first chick. These two roosters are extremely friendly to us and get handled daily. Plus they have such interesting personalities.

Sure they do crow, but really, that is so much nicer than listening to traffic noises. Our roosters do not eat much, they tend to give the food that they find to the hens and will only eat if there is an abundance in food (the great side to this is that their poos are a lot smaller too!).

Happy Birthday little guys! I hope you continue to give us many more years of enjoyment and amusement.